Ruminants (Jun 2023)

Annual Sexual Behavior in Boer Bucks Located in the Guerrero Tropics in Mexico

  • José Luis Ponce-Covarrubias,
  • Ethel Caterina García y González,
  • Blanca Celia Pineda-Burgos,
  • Aurora Matilde Guevara-Arroyo,
  • Pedro Enrique Hernández-Ruiz,
  • Fernando Torres-Agatón,
  • Maricela Ruiz-Ortega,
  • Marisol Paredes-Alvarado,
  • José Manuel Robles-Robles,
  • José del Carmen Rodríguez-Castillo,
  • Oscar Ángel-García,
  • Edgar Valencia-Franco

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ruminants3020014
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 149 – 157

Abstract

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the intensity of the annual sexual behavior (SB) of Boer bucks under tropical conditions in southern Mexico. For one year, 16 extensively grazing males were evaluated for SB individually with estrogenized goats. From the beginning of the experiment and every 30 days, body weight (BW), body condition (BC), testicular circumference (TC), odor intensity (OI), and SB (nudging, ano-genital sniffing, flehmen, mounting attempts, mounts with intromission, and self-urination) were recorded. The bucks showed more intense SB during the months of November to May than during the months of June to October (p p p p p < 0.001). In fact, an increased odor was found from October to December. The conclusions are that breed male goats from the tropics of Guerrero have a more intense SB during the months of November to May, but TC, OI, BW, and BC correspond to the time of the year when forage availability is the greatest.

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